Meanings
- uncountablemedicineResumption of breathing after a period of halted respiration.
Arrest of anapnea or heartbeat happened in 2 cases.
2005 February, Xu Hong-zhen, Bai Lin, “Aspiration of gastric contents in pediatric anaesthesia: analysis of 49 cases”, in Chongqing Medical Journal2 more examples
Patients with anapnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of greater than ten events per hour were selected for this study.
1997, Kazuo Chin, Masashi Hirai, Takanobu Kuriyama, Motonari Fukui, Kenshi Kuno, Yanosuke Sagawa, Motoharu Ohi, “Changes in the arterial PCO₂ during a Single Night's Sleep in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.”, in Internal medicine, volume 36, number 7The anapnea, circulation, cerebral state index (CSI) and the Observer Assessment of Alertness/Sedation(OAA/S) score were assessed in 60 patients with abdominal operation patients, who underwent propofol and remifentanil target controlled infusion (TCI).
2008 August, Zhang Jing, Chen Yong-liang, Chao Ji-hong, et al., “Coadministration of propofol and remifentanil eliminates awareness during continuous epidural anesthesia in patients undergoing operation”, in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀναπνέω“to breathe (again)”
- Englishanapnea
From Ancient Greek ἀναπνέω (anapnéō, “to breathe (again)”).
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